#owner

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new State grows up. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#finds #foundations #grows #helps #incident

Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be how to promote economic efficiency by raising revenue without trying to manipulate corporate or personal behavior. ↗

— John Sununu

#behavior #code #companies #corporate #economic

I have to make a lot of decisions that aren't in the best interests of individuals, whether they be owners, club executives, players. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#best interests #club #decisions #executives #i

With the permanent elimination of this tax, farmers and business owners will have the sense of security they need to plan for the financial future of their business or farm and their family. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#business owners #elimination #family #farm #farmers

A dismal omen: ...this morning a woman handed me a dollar bill that was translucent from age, as soft and warm as living tissue. ↗

— Kathleen Maher

#reluctant-cult-leader #age

When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of it, I just totally lost interest. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#came #changed #decisions #i #interest

Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes or use our firearms in any dangerous or improper way. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#american #any #commit #crime #crimes

The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner. ↗

— Bobby Rahal

#first #had #i #much #owner

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper. ↗

— Wolfman Jack

#again #another #appealing #begin #down

Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it. ↗

— Richard Eyre

#conflict #entitlement #kids #ownership #parenting